STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Monday, 14 March 2016

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11. Daylight saving time: Why many Americans are riled

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35798253

Sleep disruption

Along with other commentators, they say that the problems caused by disrupting people's body clocks such as car accidents and increased rates of hearts attacks, could be avoided by making daylight saving time a permanent fixture.
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Research from Johns Hopkins University and Stanford University has also suggested that sleep disruption caused by the "spring forward" effect causes an increase in traffic accidents.

Using data from the US National Highway Transportation Safety Administration over a 21-year period they found a small but significant, increase of fatal road accidents on the Monday after the clocks went forward. They also found a significant increase in crashes on the Sunday of the autumn shift.
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Research carried out by the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science said that couples reported more conflict following poor nights of sleep.

Can't we all just get along and end the time changes?